Tag: Better Call Saul
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‘Better Call Saul’ Creator’s Next Series Will Focus on Rhea Seehorn
Vince Gilligan, the creator of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul is leaving the Albuquerque world of methamphetamine and crime for an entirely new project on Apple TV+—but he is taking his Saul star Rhea Seehorn with him, and he’s revealed he’s getting back to work on it very soon. The “mild science-fiction story”, also…
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Vince Gilligan Has ‘No Interest’ in a Walt Jr. ‘Breaking Bad’ Spinoff: ‘That Would Be Depressing as Hell’
Vince Gilligan may have created “Breaking Bad” epilogue film “El Camino” and prequel series “Better Call Saul,” but don’t expect “Heisenberg Jr.” any time soon.Ten years after the “Breaking Bad” series finale, creator and showrunner Gilligan told Variety that he has “no interest” in a spinoff series centered around Walter White’s son Walt Jr., played…
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The Best Episode From Each Season of ‘Better Call Saul’
Breaking Bad is largely considered to be one of the all-time greatest drama shows. Vince Gilligan’s Shakesperean five-season epic chronicled the transformation of the ailing high school chemistry teacher Walter White (Bryan Cranston) into the ruthless drug kingpin known as “Heisenberg.” Breaking Bad worked because of the strength of its ensemble, including Bob Odenkirk’s performance…
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Best ‘Boardwalk Empire’ Episodes of Every Season
HBO has made many great crime shows since The Sopranos, but Boardwalk Empire explored America’s mafia culture from a historical perspective. Set within Atlantic City during the prohibition era of the 1920s, the series starred Steve Buescemi as the political tycoon Nucky Thompson. Similar to Tony Sopranos, Breaking Bad’s Walter White, or Better Call Saul’s…
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Every ‘Better Call Saul’ Season, Ranked
Though some were at one point skeptical about the success of a show like Better Call Saul, it ended up more than justifying its existence. The trepidation was because the show had some very big shoes to fill since it was a spin-off/prequel series of the critically acclaimed show Breaking Bad, which ran for five…
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Rhea Seehorn Holds Out Hope for More ‘Better Call Saul’: ‘I Hope One Day There’s an Occasion to Revisit These Characters’
As Emmy voting comes to a close, many critics and “Better Call Saul” fans are hoping that this season’s strike-delayed award show finally brings the beloved spin-off its first trophy. This year marks the final opportunity for the Television Academy to reward the performances of Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn that form the emotional core…
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‘Better Call Saul’s Jimmy McGill Was Never Going to Be a Hero
Jimmy McGill’s (Bob Odenkirk) narcissistic tale of misadventures in Breaking Bad’s prequel, Better Call Saul, earned its highly anticipated closure a year ago. The audience (and critics) enthusiastically enjoyed the shrewdness of all six seasons, but such a complex show deserves a much deeper understanding of its intricate layers. Where did its inspirations come from?…
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Remembering Amanda Seyfried’s Netflix Horror Film And The Beating It Took From Critics
Filmmakers Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini got their start with a documentary about a famous Los Angeles restaurant called “Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen’s,” but broke through the world of narrative features with “American Splendor,” a comedy biopic starring Paul Giamatti about the underground comic book writer, Harvey Pekar. At the…
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‘Breaking Bad’ Star Mark Margolis Dead at 83
“Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” alum Mark Margolis has died at age 83.The actor, who famously portrayed drug kingpin Hector “Tío” Salamanca across both series, passed away August 4 at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City, as his son Morgan Margolis announced.Margolis’ manager Robert Kolker said in a statement, “He was one of…
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Mark Margolis, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, And Scarface Actor, Dead At 83
One of cinema’s most illustrious character actors has left us. Mark Margolis, best known for his performance as Hector Salamanca in both “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul,” sadly passed away in New York City earlier today at the age of 83. According to The Hollywood Reporter, his death came after a “short illness” and…